The essential guide to doing your research project

Taking the leap into the research world

Getting started

Striving for integrity in the research process

Developing your research question

Crafting a research proposal

Working with literature

Designing a research plan

Understanding methodologies: quantitative, qualitative, and 'mixed' approaches

Understanding methodologies: evaluative, action-oriented, and emancipatory strategies

Seeking 'respondents'

Direct data collection: surveys and interviews

Indirect data collection: working with observations and existing text

Analysing quantitative data

Analysing qualitative data

The challenge of writing up.